act up

英 [ækt ʌp]

美 [ækt ʌp]

运作不正常; 出毛病; （孩子）耍脾气，捣蛋

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 运作不正常；出毛病
  If somethingis acting up, it is not working properly.
  1. She was messing with the coffee pot, which was acting up again.
     她正在鼓捣咖啡壶，那壶又坏了。
• PHRASAL VERB （孩子）耍脾气，捣蛋
  If a childis acting up, they are behaving badly.
  1. I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
     我能听见乔纳森在楼下撒泼。

英英释义

verb

• make itself felt as a recurring pain
  1. My arthritis is acting up again
• misbehave badly
  1. The children acted up when they were not bored
  Synonym:carry on

双语例句

• Little children always act up with their parents at home.
  小孩子们总在家里和父母耍脾气。
• The rascals like to act up by doodling on walls, strumming on the piano, and other such goings-on.
  那班淘气鬼最爱胡乱画墙壁、弹拨钢琴等捣蛋行为。
• I hat it when you act up.
  你捣蛋的时候真令人讨厌。
• But you didn't act up to your principle.
  但你并没有按你的原则办。
• And American judges and lawyers deny ( not always plausibly) that they act up for the camera.
  而美国的法官和律师也不认为自己会因为摄像机而发挥失常，尽管这不总是可信的。
• The question was so unexpected that, for a moment, she was at a loss how to act up properly.
  问题来得这么突然，她一时不知道如何作出恰当的反应。
• He's not going to act up to his principles.
  他不会按自己的原则行事的。
• I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
  我能听见乔纳森在楼下撒泼。
• If the pressure is too low, the heating system will act up.
  如果压力太低，供暖系统就会出毛病。
• When the chaps tease him, he doesn't know how to act up.
  当朋友们取笑他时，他不知如何是好。